Wladimir Klitschko believes the spirit of Emanuel Steward is still with him as he prepares to defend his IBF, WBO, IBO and WBA super world heavyweight titles for the first time without the revered trainer in his corner on Saturday night.

Steward, who died last month aged 68, took Klitschko under his wing in 2004 and is widely believed to have been the driving force that has seen the Ukrainian become nigh-on unbeatable in the last eight years.

Since being knocked out by Lamon Brewster in his first outing with Steward, Klitschko was gone on to forge a worthy legacy, collecting several world titles along the way.
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